Trade center steel for shrine tower Officials to go before Planning Board to gain approval for new carillon

Representatives from the shrine will appear before the Planning
Board on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in an effort to win approval for the
bells. Officials said they would chime no more than the shrine's
current carillon, which chimes at 7 a.m., no on and 6 p.m. Louise
Easton, a volunteer and the shrine's publicist, said the bells are
coming from the Father Judge Missionary Seminary in Monroe, Va.,
which closed about 30 years ago. "They have been sitting in
storage" since, she added.

Patron Obtained Steel

Ray Donovan of Short Hills, a longtime patron of the shrine, was
able to obtain some steel used in one of the twin towers before its
destruction by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. Easton emphasized the
steel has been decontaminated and would not represent a threat to
public health. Easton said the shrine would be built on the edge of
shrine property and be between 32 and 34 feet tall, not including a
two-foot segment beneath ground. It would be about eight feet wide
at its base, she added, eventually widening to a bout 10 feet.
After the World Trade Center attack, the shrine had a campaign
based around the phrase "We remember, we heal." Easton said that
building the tower would continue the healing process.

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